Fastening device



p 26, 1939- M. BAILLOD, KNOWN AS CERNY 2,174,373

FASTENING DEVICE Filed June 28, 1938 Patented Sept. 26, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE FASTENING DEVICE Marcel Baillcd, known as Cerny,Paris, France 4 Claims.

The present invention has for its object a novel fastening device whichis capable of numerous applications (powder boxes, ladies hand-bags,cigarette cases, sweetmeat boxes, confectionery 5 boxes, etc.).

The novel fastening device is essentially characterized by thecombination, with the movable portion (lid, jaw of frame, etc.) of thearticle which is to receive the device, of a bolt secured to the end ofa rod which is adapted to slide and pivot in one or a plurality ofguides fixed on a plate that is secured to (or integral with) the fixedpart of the article, the other end of said rod carrying a transverselocking part which (in the locked position) comes into contact with thesurface of the aforesaid plate and prevents the rod and the bolt frompivoting.

The opening of the device which is the object of the invention isobtained by means of a simple sliding movement of the aforesaid rodrelatively to the plate, in such a manner that the transverse lockingpart, which overhangs the plate in question, can pivot freely and enablethe rod and consequently the bolt to pivot freely so that the latter canrelease the lid, the frame jaw, etc. (which is optionally subjected tothe action of a spring) and with which it was en gaged for obtaining thefastening.

In the accompanying drawing have been shown diagrammatically and by wayof non-limitative examples, on the one hand the general means which isthe object of the invention,and on the other hand two applications ofthe novel fastening device.

Fig. l is a perspective view of the hole of the component elements ofthe fastener, in the locked position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, the various elements being in theopen position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the application of the novelfastening device to a powder box;

Finally, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a ba frame provided with thenovel fastening device.

As can be seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing, the noveldevice is essentially characterized by the combination, with the movablepart I (for example a lid I) of the article which is to receive thedevice, of a bolt 2 that is secured to a rod 3 which is adapted to slideand pivot in guides 4 fixed on a plate 5 which is secured to (orintegral with) the article provided with the fastening, the other end ofsaid rod carrying a transverse locking part 6 which, in the lockingposition (Fig. 1) is in contact with the upper surface of the plate 5.It will immediately be seen that, in this position, the lid I is held bythe bolt 2 substantially flush with the plate 5.

When the rod 3 is slid in the direction of the arrow F, the transverselocking part 6 is released from the locking action of the plate 5 and,being then free to pivot, allows the rod 3 and consequently the bolt 2to pivot, so that the latter rerod-transverse locking part assembly hasbeen given the shape of a round key, the ring 6 of which performs thefunction of a transverse locking part; the plate is formed by the part5' of the case 1, the lid I of which is subjected to the action of aspring.

The term round key used in the specification and claims is therecognized designation of a particular type of key, such a key beingillustrated at Figs. 5 and 6 of page 106 of Locks and Builders Hardwareby Henry R. Towne, published 1904 at New York by John Wiley and Sons.

In the application of the device to bags, which is shown in Fig. 4, theplate is formed by a flat part 5 of a jaw of the frame of the bag 8, theother jaw of said mounting co-operating with the ornamented bolt 2 ofthe fastening device, the other component elements of which have beendesignated by the same reference numerals as previously.

In a modification, a recess may be provided in the plate, which recessenables the transverse locking part to pivot when the rod of the deviceis slid into the opening position.

It is obvious that the exemplary embodiments and applications of thenovel fastening device, which have been described above and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, are only given by way of indication and arenon-limitative, it being possible for the novel fastening system to besubjected to any modifications of detail and to receive any otherapplications than those specified, without exceeding the spirit of theinvention.

What I claim is:

1. In a container of the type having a receiver and a cover, saidreceiver having an opening to receive and be closed by said cover, andsaid cover being pivotally mounted on one side of said receiver; afastening arrangement attached to another side of said receiver removedfrom said pivot mount, said arrangement including aligned spaced sleevebearing means mounted upon said receiver in parallelism to said pivotmount, a rod fitted in and sliding in said bearing means, each end ofthe rod being provided with lateral enlargements, the enlargement on theinside end extending only on one side of the axis of the rod and theenlargement on the outside end extending on both sides of the axis ofthe rod, said enlargements all lying in substantially the same plane,both enlargements overlying a side of the container and at least one ofsaid enlargements serving to hold said cover closed in and against saidopening when said rod is in its inward position, said outsideenlargement being adapted for projection beyond the container, andthereby being free to rotate when in such projected position, wherebysaid cover may be lifted to uncover said opening when said enlargementholding said cover closed is rotated out of said closing position.

2. In a container of the type having a receiver and a cover, saidreceiver having an opening to receive and be closed by said cover, andsaid cover being pivotally mounted on one side of said receiver; afastening arrangement attached to another side of said receiver removedfrom said pivot mount, said arrangement including aligned spaced sleevebearing means mounted upon said receiver in parallelism to said pivotmount, a rod fitted in and sliding in said bearing means, each end ofthe rod being provided with lateral enlargements, the enlargement on theinside end extending only on one side of the axis of the rod and theenlargement on the outside end extending on both sides of the axis ofthe rod, said enlargements all lying in substantially the same plane,both enlargements overlying a side of the container and at least one ofsaid enlargements serving to hold said cover closed in and against saidopening when said rod is in its inward position, said outsideenlargement being adapted for projection beyond the container, andthereby being free to rotate when in such projected position, wherebysaid cover may be lifted to uncover said opening when said enlargementholding said cover closed is rotated out of said closing position, saidsleeve bearing means being provided with two spaced aligned sleevebearing elements and serving as inside and outside stops to limit thereciprocating movement of said rod.

3. In a container of the type having a receiver and a cover, saidreceiver having an opening to receive and be closed by said cover, andsaid cover being pivotally mounted on one side of said receiver; afastening arrangement attached to another side of said receiver removedfrom said pivot mount, said arrangement including aligned spaced sleevebearing means mount ed upon said receiver in parallelism to said pivotmount, a rod fitted in and sliding in said bearing means, each end ofthe rod being provided with lateral enlargements, the enlargement on theinside end extending only on one side of the axis of the rod and theenlargement on the outside end extending on both sides of the axis ofthe rod, said enlargements all lying in substantially the same plane,both enlargements overlying a side of the container and at least one ofsaid enlargements serving to hold said cover closed in and against saidopening when said rod is in its inward position, said outsideenlargement being adapted for projection beyond the container, andthereby being free to rotate when in such projected position, wherebysaid cover may be lifted to uncover said opening when said enlargementholding said cover closed is rotated out of said closing position, saidrod and enlargements taking the form of a round key.

4. In a container of the type having a receiver and a cover, saidreceiver having an opening to receive and be closed by said cover, andsaid cover being pivotally mounted on one side of said receiver; afastening arrangement attached to another side of said receiver removedfrom said pivot mount, said arrangement including aligned spaced sleevebearing means mounted upon said receiver in parallelism to said pivotmount, a rod fitted in and sliding in said bearing means, each end ofthe rod being provided with lateral enlargements, the enlargement on theinside end extending only on one side of the axis of the rod and theenlargement on the outside end extending on both sides of the axis ofthe rod, said enlargements all lying in substantially the same plane,both enlargements overlying a side of the container and at least one ofsaid enlargements serving to hold said cover closed in and against saidopening when said rod is in its inward position, said outsideenlargement being adapted for projection beyond the container, andthereby being free to rotate when in such projected position, wherebysaid cover may be lifted to uncover said opening when said enlargementholding said cover closed is rotated out of said closing position, saidenlargements taking the form of plates at the inside and outside ends ofthe rod.

MARCEL BAILLOD, KNOWN AS CERNY.

